via Khmer Times, 13 June 2022: Angkor celebrates its 30th anniversary of inscription as a Unesco World Heritage Site this year.
This year, as the world celebrate the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, it also marks the 30th anniversary of Angkor being inscribed as a World Heritage Site.
Angkor, Cambodia, is one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia and it joined the World Heritage List in 1992.
With impressive monuments, several different ancient urban plans and large water reservoirs, the site is a unique concentration of features testifying to an exceptional civilization, which thrived between 9-15 century.
